Improvement in jar-lifters



J. McLAIN.

JAR-LIFTER.

No. 178.655. P atented-J1ine13,1876;

PETERS, PROw-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON n c ATENT JOHN MOLAIN, OF ST. MARYS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO WVILLIAM F. TORRANOE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN JAR-LIFTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,655, dated J une 13, 1876; application filed March 2, 1876.

ing the connections of the several parts coinposing the holder; Fig. 4 showing the position of the holder when applied to a vessel,

also, the position of the fingers of the hand clasping the handle and strap.

The same part of the invention in each fignre is represented by the same letter.

Fig. 1--A, handle, tapered at one end, to be used in holding down the lid or cork while the vessel is being sealed; B, the cap, attached to handle by means of screwthread or otherwise, as seen in Fig. 3; O, leather strap, permanently attached to clasp D in cap B. Said strap encircles the vessel, and is drawn through slot E in clasp D, and held as shown in Fig.4;-

F, screw in end of handle, to which the handguard is attached Fig. 2, hand-guard G, showing the shape of the holes through the leather to receive screw F; Fig. 3, position of cap B on handle A; screw F inserted in handle and guard G. The dotted lines represent strap 0.

In clasping a vessel the greatest pressure against it is at H H. The shapeot' the cap B and the intervening leather strap O and guard Gr prevents the head of screw F from coming in contact with a jarthe whole to be constructed from wood, metal, andleather combined, or from any other suitable materials.

I claim as my invention A jar-lifter consisting of ahandle, A, to which is attached a screw, F, and a cap, B, the cap being provided with a clasp, l), to

one end of which is secured the strap 0 and guard G, reinovably fastened to the screw F, all operating as and for. the purpose set forth.

JOHN MCLAIN.

\Vitnesses JACK OALEY, CHAS. Mo LAIN. 

